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I have an unlocked skyrocket running the latest version of the PAC ROM, UVMC6 radio, and I have a Net10 T-Mobile SIM card with their $50/month unlimited service. So far I am relatively pleased, but I would like to know if there is a way to force the phone to use the ATT towers. This is because ATT is better at my house than T-mobile. I have tried flashing different ATT radios and attempted to register on an att tower but it always fails. When I have a att radio installed I can see t-mobile and att, but I cant register to either. When I have a tmobile radio I can only see and register to a t-moble tower. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Austin Bartz
I don't want to be mean, but please think logically of what you are asking.
You are paying to use T-mobile's network
AT&T is not T-mobile
AT&T is not getting any of your money
It is like saying, I pay gym A to use gym A, but gym B is closer so I should be able to go there as well without having to pay gym B anything.
The only way to use AT&T towers would be if you are an AT&T customer, or if T-mobile and AT&T merge or ever have some sort of tower sharing agreement.
TheRabbit2 said:
I don't want to be mean, but please think logically of what you are asking.
You are paying to use T-mobile's network
AT&T is not T-mobile
AT&T is not getting any of your money
It is like saying, I pay gym A to use gym A, but gym B is closer so I should be able to go there as well without having to pay gym B anything.
The only way to use AT&T towers would be if you are an AT&T customer, or if T-mobile and AT&T merge or ever have some sort of tower sharing agreement.
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I realize that, what I thought is that it would be like if the phone was roaming.
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I realize that, what I thought is that it would be like if the phone was roaming.
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My T-Mobile micro SIM was working on AT&T this past weekend. I was getting 4G on ATT and edge on Tmo.
Apologies first of all if there is an answer on this, however after doing some searching on here and on google I can't find a straight answer that I can understand. I am very new to this kind of thing...
Basic question is this - can I use the galaxy s3 I have currently with Verizon on straight talk?
I am getting mixed answers on it and I figured you guys would probably know best.
Here are the phone specs -
Carrier : Verizon
City : Johnson City, TN
Model : Galaxy s3 SCH-I535
Android Version : 4.1.2 (non flashed - non rooted, if I need to do that in order to accomplish this and void the warranty that is fine, I am familiar with flashing roms and rooting)
Baseband Version : I535VRMB1
Hardware version : I535.10
I will be happy to provide any other information needed. Thank you in advance for reading.
You will definitely have to be rooted. I don't know why you would want straight talk. The service is spotty around east Tennessee. I don't remember a guide on how to flash straight talk however.
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bbqsfire said:
You will definitely have to be rooted. I don't know why you would want straight talk. The service is spotty around east Tennessee. I don't remember a guide on how to flash straight talk however.
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I'm in Kingsport, TN as well and I'm also a Verizon customer using the S3 and you'd be a fool to switch from vzw over to straight talk. I've had straight talk, and while it's "alright," it's definitely nowhere near as good of reception in this area as verizon. Verizon may be a little more expensive, but it's well worth it in the long run. When you take your straight talk phone into the mall or wal-mart and you're lucky to have service while standing next to the glass at the entrance door, you'll thank me when you came to your senses and remain under contract with verizon. To each their own though.
Yea im in bristol and i have a friend with ST and it sucks. I would stick to Verizon i hate saying that because they cost so much but really they cover the Tricitys better then anyone.
No disrespect to any of these guys talking about not switching to straight talk from Verizon. I just switched today. Just waiting on my cell number to be ported from Verizon to the straight talk phone and then i will flash whatever phone i chose to buy and replace the ESN. You have to realize their are two different networks you choose from when you go straight talk. GSM(ATT) or CDMA(Verizon). These guys who are bashing straight talk are comparing their Verizon phone coverage with a Straight Talk GSM phone running on ATT towers. Also you cant compare reception of different phones sometimes even if they are on the same towers sometimes bc certain phones are known to have bad reception period. Dont listen to them. You can switch just make sure your donor phone is using Verizon towers. You can look up the model number of the donor phone or make sure it doesnot have a sim card. Sim card phones will be GSM(ATT) and their coverage does suck in rural America. Im in Louisiana and you cant get much more rural. My current Verizon phone and Straight talk have the same number of bars bc they are both CDMA. I have an old HTC Thunderbolt that is just as fast as an iphone 4 bc i have tweaked the hell out of it and use Liquid Smooth Roms which are faster and more stable than even the Pure Google experience. My wife has a Galaxy S3 and I am switching her from Verizon to Straight talk within the next few weeks.
lxhotboy said:
No disrespect to any of these guys talking about not switching to straight talk from Verizon. I just switched today. Just waiting on my cell number to be ported from Verizon to the straight talk phone and then i will flash whatever phone i chose to buy and replace the ESN. You have to realize their are two different networks you choose from when you go straight talk. GSM(ATT) or CDMA(Verizon). These guys who are bashing straight talk are comparing their Verizon phone coverage with a Straight Talk GSM phone running on ATT towers. Also you cant compare reception of different phones sometimes even if they are on the same towers sometimes bc certain phones are known to have bad reception period. Dont listen to them. You can switch just make sure your donor phone is using Verizon towers. You can look up the model number of the donor phone or make sure it doesnot have a sim card. Sim card phones will be GSM(ATT) and their coverage does suck in rural America. Im in Louisiana and you cant get much more rural. My current Verizon phone and Straight talk have the same number of bars bc they are both CDMA. I have an old HTC Thunderbolt that is just as fast as an iphone 4 bc i have tweaked the hell out of it and use Liquid Smooth Roms which are faster and more stable than even the Pure Google experience. My wife has a Galaxy S3 and I am switching her from Verizon to Straight talk within the next few weeks.
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Your first post and you chime in about an area you don't live in. I know how straight talk works. I know certain phones use gsm and some use cdma. I can't believe you just compared a thunderbolt to an iPhone. I hope you do switch her off Verizon to straight talk. That way when she complains about slower data you can come back on the forum and try to figure it out.
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Your first post and you chime in about an area you don't live in. I know how straight talk works. I know certain phones use gsm and some use cdma. I can't believe you just compared a thunderbolt to an iPhone. I hope you do switch her off Verizon to straight talk. That way when she complains about slower data you can come back on the forum and try to figure it out.
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Dude you need to chill out. Just because someone may know more that you on a topic dont get your pride hurt. Again I have a straight talk phone and a Galaxy S3 on verizon. The reception is the same. My straight talk phone is on the verizon network. With that being said. How could my reception be bad when compared to my wifes verizon phone if we are on the same towers. DUH!!!!!! I have been using straight talk for 3 months and laughing at ever person with a ATT, Tmobile or Sprint phone. I have better reception as long as i have a straight talk phone made for Verizons network. Which is the most reliable network period.
Whether I live in your area or not is completely irrelevant. If Verizon works best for you. Fine. If Att is best in your area. Fine. Just make sure your phone is on the right network when you go Straight Talk.
As for whoever says Im wrong bc you may have a problem with your EGO. LOL Keep paying double for the same service, coverage, and RECEPTION. Common sense is hard to come by for those who you cant tell anything. LOL
As far as comparing a Thunderbolt to an Iphone 4. This takes someone who knows how to root, jailbreak use custom roms, overclock and get the most stable software available for a phone. Apple OS is extremely stable. Been there and done that. Thunderbolt was crap. Until Liquid Smooths. I am crazy for comparing a Iphone 4 to MY Thunderbolt bc my phone out performs every stock iphone 4 period. Iphone people are brainwashed. My son has a Iphone 4s and now he hates it and wants a galaxy bc he sees the things a Android is capable of and Iphones are not. An iphone is a limited experience. Had two and sold them.
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I'm in Kingsport, TN as well and I'm also a Verizon customer using the S3 and you'd be a fool to switch from vzw over to straight talk. I've had straight talk, and while it's "alright," it's definitely nowhere near as good of reception in this area as verizon. Verizon may be a little more expensive, but it's well worth it in the long run. When you take your straight talk phone into the mall or wal-mart and you're lucky to have service while standing next to the glass at the entrance door, you'll thank me when you came to your senses and remain under contract with verizon. To each their own though.
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Any Straight Talk phone on Verizon network has identical coverage as a Verizon phone. The straight talk phones using Verizon towers have a model number that begins with a "C" You have to do your homework first on which phone you are going to purchase so that you know what network you will be using. You can go with any towers you want. Sprint, ATT, Verizon. Etc....The experience was bad bc you switched your network when you went Straight talk. Dont switch towers and keep your money in your pocket.
My advice is to get a Straight Talk phone on Verizon network and keep your money in your pocket.
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Dude you need to chill out. Just because someone may know more that you on a topic dont get your pride hurt. Again I have a straight talk phone and a Galaxy S3 on verizon. The reception is the same. My straight talk phone is on the verizon network. With that being said. How could my reception be bad when compared to my wifes verizon phone if we are on the same towers. DUH!!!!!! I have been using straight talk for 3 months and laughing at ever person with a ATT, Tmobile or Sprint phone. I have better reception as long as i have a straight talk phone made for Verizons network. Which is the most reliable network period.
Whether I live in your area or not is completely irrelevant. If Verizon works best for you. Fine. If Att is best in your area. Fine. Just make sure your phone is on the right network when you go Straight Talk.
As for whoever says Im wrong bc you may have a problem with your EGO. LOL Keep paying double for the same service, coverage, and RECEPTION. Common sense is hard to come by for those who you cant tell anything. LOL
As far as comparing a Thunderbolt to an Iphone 4. This takes someone who knows how to root, jailbreak use custom roms, overclock and get the most stable software available for a phone. Apple OS is extremely stable. Been there and done that. Thunderbolt was crap. Until Liquid Smooths. I am crazy for comparing a Iphone 4 to MY Thunderbolt bc my phone out performs every stock iphone 4 period. Iphone people are brainwashed. My son has a Iphone 4s and now he hates it and wants a galaxy bc he sees the things a Android is capable of and Iphones are not. An iphone is a limited experience. Had two and sold them.
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Any Straight Talk phone on Verizon network has identical coverage as a Verizon phone. The straight talk phones using Verizon towers have a model number that begins with a "C" You have to do your homework first on which phone you are going to purchase so that you know what network you will be using. You can go with any towers you want. Sprint, ATT, Verizon. Etc....The experience was bad bc you switched your network when you went Straight talk. Dont switch towers and keep your money in your pocket.
My advice is to get a Straight Talk phone on Verizon network and keep your money in your pocket.
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I see you said you're using an HTC Thunderbolt on Straight Talk if I'm reading that correctly. Would you mind explaining exactly how you did that? I'm looking to do the same thing. I've seen a few things about getting an existing CDMA (donor) phone from Straight talk and modifying the MEID, but I've seen a few other things that say that they catch on and boot you from the network. I'm looking to do this for a friend so I don't want them to waste the money setting it up if they're only going to be kicked not long after doing it. Thanks in advance for any advice in this situation.
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lxhotboy said:
No disrespect to any of these guys talking about not switching to straight talk from Verizon. I just switched today. Just waiting on my cell number to be ported from Verizon to the straight talk phone and then i will flash whatever phone i chose to buy and replace the ESN. You have to realize their are two different networks you choose from when you go straight talk. GSM(ATT) or CDMA(Verizon). These guys who are bashing straight talk are comparing their Verizon phone coverage with a Straight Talk GSM phone running on ATT towers. Also you cant compare reception of different phones sometimes even if they are on the same towers sometimes bc certain phones are known to have bad reception period. Dont listen to them. You can switch just make sure your donor phone is using Verizon towers. You can look up the model number of the donor phone or make sure it doesnot have a sim card. Sim card phones will be GSM(ATT) and their coverage does suck in rural America. Im in Louisiana and you cant get much more rural. My current Verizon phone and Straight talk have the same number of bars bc they are both CDMA. I have an old HTC Thunderbolt that is just as fast as an iphone 4 bc i have tweaked the hell out of it and use Liquid Smooth Roms which are faster and more stable than even the Pure Google experience. My wife has a Galaxy S3 and I am switching her from Verizon to Straight talk within the next few weeks.
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hello I am trying to do the samething switch my vzw s3 to straight talk can u please help or assist me on how to do this..Greatly appreciate it.
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lxhotboy said:
No disrespect to any of these guys talking about not switching to straight talk from Verizon. I just switched today. Just waiting on my cell number to be ported from Verizon to the straight talk phone and then i will flash whatever phone i chose to buy and replace the ESN. You have to realize their are two different networks you choose from when you go straight talk. GSM(ATT) or CDMA(Verizon). These guys who are bashing straight talk are comparing their Verizon phone coverage with a Straight Talk GSM phone running on ATT towers. Also you cant compare reception of different phones sometimes even if they are on the same towers sometimes bc certain phones are known to have bad reception period. Dont listen to them. You can switch just make sure your donor phone is using Verizon towers. You can look up the model number of the donor phone or make sure it doesnot have a sim card. Sim card phones will be GSM(ATT) and their coverage does suck in rural America. Im in Louisiana and you cant get much more rural. My current Verizon phone and Straight talk have the same number of bars bc they are both CDMA. I have an old HTC Thunderbolt that is just as fast as an iphone 4 bc i have tweaked the hell out of it and use Liquid Smooth Roms which are faster and more stable than even the Pure Google experience. My wife has a Galaxy S3 and I am switching her from Verizon to Straight talk within the next few weeks.
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Was you successful at making your wife's Verizon S3 work with straight talk?
I have the S3 Verizon I535 using a Consumer Cellular sim card running off ATT towers since in our area ATT is everywhere. I am only getting EDGE speed and its awful. I mean AWFUL.
We went to a bigger town yesterday and I figured I would do a speed test just to see if it is where I am in a rural area. Not any better. Shouldn't I be getting HSPA speeds?
I normally wouldnt mind being that I mostly use data on WIFI but those times when I need to use data over mobile network, I am going to be screwed. I guess that I should have used VZW and gotten a ST sim card. I have a Net10 sim card for their ATT network but I am guessing it will be the same thing with Net10.
I don't have the extra cash to start service with Net10 or ST, the BYOD CDMA package thing and then buying a minutes card. We are unemployed, starting a new job next month and surviving on crumbs right now lol. So buying anything is out of the question at the current time.
If anyone could help me out I would be gracious. I am learning quite a bit reading over the forums, but I didn't seem to find any information for my phone. Thanks everyone!
You won't get hspa speeds on a VZW phone. Those are limited to other carriers but not VZWs in this case
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I broke my current phone "optimus zone" and i am looking for a new phone so i decided to get the galaxy s3 well im on verizon prepaid so i need a galaxy s3 that will work on prepaid verizonm and i need it to be rooted so i can use as a hotspot. i did some research and found that the i535 can be flashed to verizon prepaid "I Think" and it can also be rooted.
so i did some looking on ebay and found 3 things
1 i535 verizon unlocked - i looked at what a unlocked phone was and found out it just means it can be used with any compatable service provider. Can this be used with verizon and if so how?
2 i535 verizon - If i got this one can it be flashed to verizon prepaid? Can it get 4g on prepaid?
3 i710 sprint - i already ordered a sprint flashed to verizon prepaid one and found out u needed add on apps to use the sms and it cant get 4g so im woundering , if the' i535 verizon would be a better choice. i would have to learn to flash but thats no big deal.. i havent recieved the one i ordered yet but when i do i think im going to return it...
I have looked all over and can not figure out if the verizon i535 will get 4g after its flashed to verizon prepaid and i havent found out 100% that it can be flashed to verizon prepaid. Im posative it can be rooted i think lol. Or can i buy a unlocked i535 and use it on verizon prepaid somehow, easier than learning to flash???
Just sign up with Page Plus. They've been offering Verizon 4G LTE for a month now
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I can't get survice with anyone but verizon i dout page will work in my area. And I'm not really really consurned about 4g i just hate to have a sprint phone that only gets 3g if the same phone on another carrier can get 4g... but i just need to know yes pr no can the i535 be flashed to prepaid verizon?? And if it can it be used on 4g or only 3g like the sprint one after flash... i live in a rural area and i bairley get signal as it is... i hear that this page plus provider uses verizon towers.. i don't understand does that mean it will get the exact same signal as verizon prepaid cuz that's thr ONLY provider i can use.. pleas let me knoq if the i535 can be flashed to prepaid verizon and can it get 4g yes or no please let me know I'm without a phone and really need to know what to do... i feel like i made a mistake buying the sprint one...
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If they're truly Verizon towers I'd say page plus should work fine. I was told however by a guy with a local shop (I live in the boonies), that because we have so many towers around here that are owned by a regional carrier appalacian wireless that have an agreement with Big Red, that page plus would Roam more whereas Selectel wouldn't. Now, I don't know if the guy was telling the truth or not. I do know from Selectel's website that if you sign someone up to selectel and that person continues to use Selectel and re-ups through the website or whereever, the original person who signed you up gets a cut of the profits. Page Plus may not offer such a deal, so I don't actually know 100% either way. I'm looking to find something cheaper than Big Red myself. I have two phones with them at the moment with a bill of 105.00 or 107.00 but with only 250Mb of data and 1GB free for a year. I can get by with little to no data, I really don't use much, but I'd like to have it available should I need to go out of town and use the internet or use navigation which I suspect would drink the data. I know you can pre download maps with many apps these days though.
Let me know what you find out. I have the Verizon sch-i535 sgs3 with a broken power button but otherwise it's a good phone. Still does what I need it to, and development hasn't stopped yet, it's still going pretty strong on the aosp side..
Edit: I recently had my phone flashed to selectel wireless. If you have a cdma phone you can do the activation from their website. However, I think it must be a phone without a sim such as a DX or DX2. a cdma only phone. I had to take my s3 to a local selectel dealer who did the flash and got me on selectel. I went with selectel because it will roam on the regional towers in my area albiet voice and texting only not data. So, when roaming I won't have data. Pageplus from what I've read on both their site and another forum will roam but they will charge you quite a bit to do so. If you don't have the issue of roaming like I do and are near verizon towers all the time, I'd probably go with another MVNO.
I tried tracfone BYOP with my DX2 and spent a small fortune in service and gas going from here to there trying to get it activated. First they said to go to a town about 25min away from home. I did this and no dice. I called them twice using a wifi app (hangouts) and spent about 4 hours in this town trying to get the activation to work to no avail. I called again from home and was told to go to another town about an hour away. The next day I did just that. They had me dial *22891 *22801 this time activation went smooth and I was able to use data and make and receive calls perfectly. If I had known this in the closer town it would have worked there but the rep never told me that. To top things off when I got home I had no service at all. Zip None. When I called I was told that a BYOP android phone would not roam on the regional towers although a feature phone would. I was also told incorrectly I believe that if I had purchased an android tracfone from a local store that it would roam. This too from what I've read is incorrect. No android tracfone will roam on regional towers, they will only work on genuine verizon towers. I was hoping to purchase the moto e from ebay with a 400min card which tripled to 1200 min for 99 bucks. This would have been a great deal since the 400 min card alone is around 90. I never did find out the entire truth about roaming with tracfone android phones. But from what I read on the other forum and another site dedicated to tracfones, that they would not roam period. What a freaking ripoff. The same goes for a lot of other MVNO's they simply won't roam. Even Verizon perpaid phones won't work on any towers other than verizon. Again, this came from someone who supposedly had experience with this.
The bottom line is beware of MVNO's if you require roaming. Straight talk may or may not work I do not know if they roam or not. But either way selectel was cheaper. Granted it sucks that I can't get data when roaming but at least I can make and receive calls and texts. At least SMS. I haven't tried MMS and I'm guessing it won't work due to it requiring data. Remember your results may vary and I'd certainly like to hear from others who use a MVNO that is Verizon based. Or even MVNO that is ATT based ATT's coverage map says there's coverage in my area, and i know there is across the stateline where I live. A friend used to have an ATT phone a few years back and he had zero service when he crossed the line by about a half a mile, probably out of range of the ATT tower. He now has NET10 using ATT and has the same coverage.
Good luck and keep me posted please on this.
Thanks
I don't wunt page plus i need to be able to use on verizons prepayed network... can the i535 be flashed to prepayed verizon.. or is there some way to use a verizon sim to get prepayed please let me know thank you
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Just received my SIM card from straight talk for the i535 all I did was go to straight talk web site activate the phone using the phone imei number then start phone with SIM card installed> Once SIM card was activated I restarted the phone and had LTE with no need to setup APN settings.
I just shut off the verizon service right before setting up the phone on ST so I do not know if thats has effected anything but hopefully it doesn't.
Also I had to contact Straight Talk using their facebook page to get the SIM card and it was shipped for free.
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Just received my SIM card from straight talk for the i535 all I did was go to straight talk web site activate the phone using the phone imei number then start phone with SIM card installed> Once SIM card was activated I restarted the phone and had LTE with no need to setup APN settings.
I just shut off the verizon service right before setting up the phone on ST so I do not know if thats has effected anything but hopefully it doesn't.
Also I had to contact Straight Talk using their facebook page to get the SIM card and it was shipped for free.
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Good to know, I get my sim card from straight talk tomorrow. I didn't imagine it was that hard to setup. You did the smart thing and went to facebook, like an idiot I called them and it took well over a week for them to send it
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ShapesBlue said:
Good to know, I get my sim card from straight talk tomorrow. I didn't imagine it was that hard to setup. You did the smart thing and went to facebook, like an idiot I called them and it took well over a week for them to send it
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Oh it took them a while to send it to me also. I had even told them to cancel it and thats when I went to Verizon. I was told at one point that the SIM cards should be in stores around December 5th,
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Oh it took them a while to send it to me also. I had even told them to cancel it and thats when I went to Verizon. I was told at one point that the SIM cards should be in stores around December 5th,
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Yea the kit they sell at Walmart doesn't currently include it only the T-Mobile and AT&T sims which we can't use. Mine will Thankfully be here today
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Can you explain what you mean by "shut off Verizon services*?
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Can you explain what you mean by "shut off Verizon services*?
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What he's saying is he had a VZW phone on VZW and cancelled his service to go with Straight Talk I believe
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What he's saying is he had a VZW phone on VZW and cancelled his service to go with Straight Talk I believe
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That's correct. I am now with straight talk with a VZW S3
All I had to do was get the sim card from straight talk and call them to activate it. It was a pretty simple process
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So you didn't have to hack the phone or anything?? Verizon is CDMA and Straight Talk is GSM, how did that work? Especially without setting up a new APN?
Oh and did you get the AT&T or TMobile sim? I think straight talk still has the option for either.
jayjr1105 said:
So you didn't have to hack the phone or anything?? Verizon is CDMA and Straight Talk is GSM, how did that work? Especially without setting up a new APN?
Oh and did you get the AT&T or TMobile sim? I think straight talk still has the option for either.
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It does but straight talk told me the AT&T and T-Mobile sims won't work for this phone. They sent me a CDMA specific sim card, and cmda phones will indeed work on straight talk, not every single one but most
And no I didn't have to do anything with the phone, didn't have to edit apn settings or anything. I'm still running off the Verizon network
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It does but straight talk told me the AT&T and T-Mobile sims won't work for this phone. They sent me a CDMA specific sim card, and cmda phones will indeed work on straight talk, not every single one but most
And no I didn't have to do anything with the phone, didn't have to edit apn settings or anything. I'm still running off the Verizon network
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Wait, Straight Talk has Verizon SIM's now??? Meaning Verizon is one of their MVNO's? I always thought it was just TMobile and AT&T and Tracfone leased off Sprint for CDMA based phones.
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Wait, Straight Talk has Verizon SIM's now??? Meaning Verizon is one of their MVNO's? I always thought it was just TMobile and AT&T and Tracfone leased off Sprint for CDMA based phones.
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Tracphone owns straight talk for one. It's a straight talk sim... But they piggy back off all 4 networks. VZW, ATT, TMobile and sprint
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What type of speeds you getting with straight talk on the 4G LTE VZW network? Speedtest?
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What type of speeds you getting with straight talk on the 4G LTE VZW network? Speedtest?
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Are you referring to me?
I was. However I hooked my Old S3 up for a family member. I can confirm that the VZW S3 will get 4G LTE on the Verizon network with the CDMA Sim that comes with the starter pack. Ran a speed test at full signal strength and had an initial burst for ~9-10 mbs and stabilized at ~5mb both up and down. This is way more than the user of the phone will need but also not a bad number.
For comparison sake my personal phone on a VZW unlimited plan still gets 40+ mbs during speed tests in the same location. Appears that ST is speed limited but at 5mbs still more than 99.9% of users will ever need/notice at one time.
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I was. However I hooked my Old S3 up for a family member. I can confirm that the VZW S3 will get 4G LTE on the Verizon network with the CDMA Sim that comes with the starter pack. Ran a speed test at full signal strength and had an initial burst for ~9-10 mbs and stabilized at ~5mb both up and down. This is way more than the user of the phone will need but also not a bad number.
For comparison sake my personal phone on a VZW unlimited plan still gets 40+ mbs during speed tests in the same location. Appears that ST is speed limited but at 5mbs still more than 99.9% of users will ever need/notice at one time.
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Yea I'm not worried about speed as I'm 99% of the time on wifi so I could care less now. The initial starter pack didn't come with the CDMA sim. Card which is a pain but now it does
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Quick question for those that have done this already - I have just ordered the Galaxy S3 I535 from walmart because i'm cheap and it was on special - Would it be wise to at least activate the phone on Verizon and entering the details on ST's site to make sure it will work before getting the sim or just ordering it (they are on special right now for .99c) I'm glad they are doing the CDMA sims because i had read that folks were only getting edge for data using the AT&T sims and was prepared to limit myself to being on the Verizon prepaid plan and just sucking it up...
warlordxxx said:
Quick question for those that have done this already - I have just ordered the Galaxy S3 I535 from walmart because i'm cheap and it was on special - Would it be wise to at least activate the phone on Verizon and entering the details on ST's site to make sure it will work before getting the sim or just ordering it (they are on special right now for .99c) I'm glad they are doing the CDMA sims because i had read that folks were only getting edge for data using the AT&T sims and was prepared to limit myself to being on the Verizon prepaid plan and just sucking it up...
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If its the prepaid version it may not work, the prepaid version doesn't utilize a sim card where as the contract version does
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Thanks Shapes it's the prepaid but i'll wait til it gets here and check it out
warlordxxx said:
Thanks Shapes it's the prepaid but i'll wait til it gets here and check it out
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Probably a good idea. I'm truly unsure if it will work or not. I have the S3 contract version and it works great on straight talk. Another user informed me the prepaid version doesn't utilize a sim which in most cases at least for VZW means no 4G
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